This is part of the ventureLAB Hardware Catalyst Lab Series highlighting the equipment available, their functions and impact as seen in the lab.
In the fast-paced world of electronics manufacturing, ensuring the reliability and quality of electronic devices is crucial. As technology evolves rapidly, the demand for high-performance and durable products continues to grow.
To meet these challenges, manufacturers implement various techniques and processes to guarantee the functionality and longevity of their devices. A key aspect of this effort is temperature testing, which is essential for assessing the resilience and stability of electronic components. The Chroma Temperature Forcing System plays a pivotal role in this process, providing valuable data that enhances testing outcomes.
What is the Chroma Temperature Forcing System?
The Chroma 31000R is a sophisticated, compact, and powerful temperature forcing system, designed to meet the growing thermal needs of post-silicon validation and characterization. In other words, this device tests how electronic components handle extreme temperatures. It heats up and cools down these components to make sure they can survive and perform well in real-world conditions.
Who’s using it?
For companies like BLUMIND, an AI-based semiconductor device, the Chroma Temperature Forcing System played a key role in their testing stage. With this equipment, engineers at BLUMIND were able to identify potential points of failure, design flaws, and material limitations. This valuable insight enabled the team to implement essential improvements in both the design and manufacturing processes, leading to the development of more robust and durable products.
The Chroma Temperature Forcing System is a prime example of the cutting-edge tools at ventureLAB’s Hardware Catalyst Lab, driving innovation and reliability for companies like BLUMIND. With ventureLAB’s support, tech innovators are poised to excel and shape the future of their entrepreneurial journey.
Equipment key features include:
- Compact footprint, < 80 lbs
- Liquid-free operation
- Semi-automation
- High dissipative power without LN2
- User-friendly GUI
- -40°C to 150°C operating temperature range
- Cost competitive
- Direct phase change
- Configurable rack mounting
- Universal Socketing Capability
- Programmable temperature and pneumatics
- Power monitoring to prevent thermal runaway
- Thermal Sensing Diode feedback
Learn more about the lab here.
About ventureLAB
ventureLAB is a leading global founder community for hardware technology and enterprise software companies in Canada. Located at the heart of Ontario’s innovation corridor in York Region, ventureLAB is part of one of the biggest and most diverse tech communities in Canada. Our initiatives focused on raising capital, talent retention, commercializing technology and IP, and customer acquisition have enabled thousands of companies to create over 6,800 jobs and raise more than $420 million in investment capital. ventureLAB is powering hardtech founders to build and scale globally competitive ventures that advance Canada’s knowledge-based economy.
About Hardware Catalyst Initiative
ventureLAB’s Hardware Catalyst Initiative is Canada’s only lab and incubator for founders building hardware and semiconductor-focused products, enabling the creation of transformative technologies that will power our products of tomorrow — including healthcare technology, consumer electronics, telecommunications, smart energy, connected transportation, and more. Funded in part by the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), the Hardware Catalyst helps tech companies accelerate their time to market in a sector that normally incurs lengthy entry and scale times, enabling Canadian hardware and semiconductor companies to grow and scale locally, and compete globally.
